Video Pinball Atari 2600 Review - The No Swear Gamer Ep 321
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Today’s Atari 2600 game review covers Video Pinball by Atari.
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I still have this (as well as that aforementioned Atari Video Pinball standalone), and despite the basic layout, is still very fun to play. As for "unsavory places", I remember playing pinball in the early 70s at a little pizza joint in Groveport OH (where I grew up). Totally forget what table it was, though I remember it being a classic mid-60s-style woodrail.
Man, I played that a lot, to the point that my mom would call down there (to a pizza joint) to tell them to send me home for dinner :).
Sadly, the place was torn down many years ago, but those were the days, before there was such a thing as video arcades.
That's a cool memory. I remember playing Space Invaders in a mom & pop pizza joint around 2002 and recently I played an original Ms. Pac-Man in another small pizza place.
I always loved seeing the old machines at pizza joints, but nowadays, I guess the machines (especially older pins) are getting too expensive to maintain. It does my heart good to see the various "barcades" cropping up around here (here being Columbus OH) that cater to our old guy tastes :)
As soon as you mentioned the pinball counting song I started singing it in my head....and it’s now haunting me!! ;). Loved that song!!
A couple years ago I had to go watch that "pinball" video with all the variations for each number.
Easily in my personal Top 10. I played this a TON way back when.
I love this one. Even though it barely resembles pinball, I really enjoyed it once I discovered nudge. Until then, I spent most of the game helplessly watching the ball bounce around. But with nudge, it's my favorite 8-bit pinball I think. Good stuff.
Thanks and that was me playing it pre-nudge: watch the ball bounce around and occasionally try to hit it. And I still had fun!
Better than midnight magic?
My Atari was broken such that it read both controller ports as having the fire button pressed even when not plugged in. So nudge was the only way to go until I got it fixed. Then I realized using the flippers just made the ball go fast, wild and out of control.
This game introduced me to farming. I would nudge the ball through the top left side thing over and over for hours and hours.
Thanks a pantsload, now the counting song is stuck in my head. Could be worse, it could be Ladybug Picnic.
Thanks. Now I got Ladybug Picnic stuck in my head!
Atari Blue Logbook Challenge (1982). Play game 1 with difficulty B.
Pro (Pinball Hustler): 280,000
Master (Pinball Pro): 340,000
Wizard (Pinball Wizard): 400,000
I think this is one of those games that was programmed in 1980 but released in 1981 when I got it in 5th grade. I played this a lot and mastered it when my Atari was broken such that it was locked in nudge mode, with me making Wizard shortly after I got the 1982 logbook (and school was out for summer). I rolled over the score multiple times on both B and A (6x since keeping score). This could have been more interesting with different screens and a proper height-to-width ratio, so I don't have much interest in playing it now. 1:06 Programming goof: the top bumper doesn't activate when hit from the bottom.
Congratulations making Pro in this review/demo! It's currently ranked 16th out of 261 games reviewed.
Used to have this for a TV Boy Ii, one of most played games, after I learnt how to persistently nudge, for enough time. A great, and much played game. :-)
Man I really loved Video Pinball ! I used to use all the tricks you went into and rolled the score all the time ! The longest I ever played I rolled it twice in the same game. And I used to rack up the bumper multipliers to the maximum and then nudge the ball through the rollover slot so much that it took like a minute to count up at the end ! I definitely developed the pinball wizard touch and hardly ever tilted the game.
Adventure and Pitfall are my 2 faves and several others in your top 10 (7 are also in mine) so we have similar taste. Given the overlap surprised my number 3 Pressure Cooker wasn’t on your list !
Pressure Cooker isn't in my rankings since I haven't reviewed it yet. I do plan on reviewing it one day, so stay tuned!
The No Swear Gamer That game is ALL about mastering the belly bounces for returns otherwise your score depletes far too quickly!
It's a must have game, that can be played by anyone
I can just smell the smoke and booze of one of those unsavory places. My dad used to work in a bar when I was a little kid, and sometimes we'd visit him after closing time, when everyone had left and was cleaning up.
My buddy came by and played this all night. He drank a 26 of my rye and reaked of smokes ;)
I just thought I'd share.
@@janX9 Thank you, kind Sir!
In 5th grade I played video games down the street in a restaurant (Asteroids and Phoenix) and a couple times in a bar before the evening rush (Space Zap!). Before I was allowed to walk to school in 4th grade, I couldn't go further than I could hear Mom call me.
Home is unsavory!!!! hahah I was playing this on my Flashback Portable just before logging in and seeing your video!!!! LOVE Video Pinball, think it is in the perfect spot on your list bud!!!!!!!
Thanks Creep!
I feel like an idiot. I have been playing this game for 30 years and didnt know about the nudge feature.
cool video :) an interesting interpretation of a pinball table (and ball physics) but it looks like a lot of fun. a 2600 game I haven't played - one to pick up :)
And it's cheap! Another reason to get a copy!
Had this game as a kid. Me and my dad played this game for hours. Have this game today. Brings back memories. Love your channel
Cool, I some how missed the tilt option on this game! ... I know that Midnight Magic doesn't have it.
Video Pinball does what Midnight Magic don't!
Wow, I Almost Forgot About This Gem. Thanks For The Review!
You're Welcome!
I'm picturing the biker bar from Pee Wee's Big Adventure. I have never played this game, but I may try to find a copy in the basement of the Alamo.
I hear they got some amazing stuff in that basement!
I just find it so impressive that they were able to do this on the 2600.. I want to get one so bad. I will soon.
I had this one as a kid and recently picked up again. It’s just as simple and addicting in 2019 as it was back in the day.
I played this game on Atari Flashback for the PS4 and I got over 50,000 points. I've always liked this game.
My buddy played this tonight for the first time in *35 years* and got a score of *1,443,504*
A little more practice an I bet he could break 5 million.
play 1 game of this every day. still super fun
What's your high score?
@@janX9 I have flipped it over a few times- when you hit 1,000,000 it resets.
@@ericspero996 yeah, my friend showed me this game last night and it looked like this game could be played indefinitely with enough skill. Someone here in CZcams said their high score was over 5 million. So, now it's got me wondering how high some people have gotten.
@@janX9 I only ever flipped it once in any game. Folks that can do it more than 1× are far better than myself. As a kid I was lucky to break 100k points. The grown up me is a heck of a lot better than the youngster back in the 1980s. It was, and still is, a really fun game. Pretty impressive for a game approaching 40 years
@@ericspero996 indeed it is!
My buddy played this tonight for the first time in *35 years* and got a score of *1,443,504*
Cool how muscle memory comes back, like riding a bike.
I don't like the ball draining but hearing and getting the bonus points 4:17 is great compensation: pew-pew-pew-pew-pew-pew-pew....
I spent many hours playing this as a kid
This was a strangely satisfying and relaxing game back in the day.
maaaaaan i used to be so great at this game
Did you cover Midnight Magic? It's a better pinball game on the 2600.
I played the crap out of this game when it first came out.